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Can anyone explain ? I get the yellow hill descent light, I get the flashing F4, I lose half the gearbox, I stop the car, switch off and everything returns to normal ..........for about a mile then same **** as before. I lift the bonnet feel for the barrel connectors, unwind them, pull them...

My auto TD4 has developed an alarming habit of not changing up north of third. If you slow right down so that it goes back to first it will sometimes clear. But sometimes you need to stop and shut it down for a minute, then it is ok. Any clues ? PS the box fluid got changed a couple of months...

03 TD4, struggling to find the fuel filter, the Haynes says left hand side near the engine compartment bulkhead, it also has an arrow pointing to the L shaped cover for the engine management electronics. Looked but no can see ??? Shiny new one ready to fit. Barney

I'm about to tackle the advisories on my MOT. Consisting of discs and pads, near side TRE, both ARB drop links. Anyone know where I can get some torque settings. I'm trying to break my lifetime habit of tightening as far as I can then adding a bit. Barney

New Ronbox delivered and fitted any suggestions as to the best place to stow the box ? Barney

This condition came out of the blue, 20 miles in to a 30 mile journey which I do every day. Flashing amber HDC light and restricted to 4th. Research suggests either a break heating problem or an auto shifter solenoid issue. Anyone able to throw any more light on it. Thanks barney

I have what I think is a problem very familiar to this forum, my Mk1 TD4 starts fine when cold and with great difficulty when hot. Having read through the previous posts I decided to embark on a process of elimination, starting with the camshaft position sensor. I read and took note about the...

I changed the middle brake light, fairly routine, went to move it and it would not start. No previous history of not starting and battery was turning the engine over vigorously, the overall impression was of no fuel. I turned it over until until the battery got tired but no joy. I then jumped...

my 03 Kalahari is wet in the boot tool storage area only. No other parts are affected. common problem or just bad luck ? Barney

I,m finding my recently acquired 03 Kalahari a very pleasurable drive with very little to moan about as yet. However I am getting a bit of what I would call "car park groan" which to clarify is a bit of groaning from the front when I am doing 2 - 5 mph in the supermarket car park. Is this normal...

got in my MK 1 Auto after work today, put it in to drive, squeezed the accelerator, but it didn't want to go. I gave it a bit more pedal then it have a bit of a bang and off it went. It sounded like the bang came from the rear left. I assume the shoes were locked on the drum. Is this a common...

picked up my new motor today, it's an 03 mk1 TD4 Kalahari Auto, with 74k on the clock. So far so good. Any advice welcome. I looked under the front passenger seat hoping to find a CD changer, I found the plug but no CD changer. Can these be picked up ? Barney

I,m Barney, I have just purchased a 2003 Auto Kalahari TDS4 as a compliment to my 99 MGF. Barney